Tuscans: Silverstone
Michael Caine returned to show 'em how it's done
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Richard Hay in the pit lane on Saturday |
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Andy Holden (Griff2be) had a great battle with Peter Wheeler |
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Caine dominated |
Caine was in the De Walt car normally piloted by Richard Stanton and immediately set out his stall by placing it on pole position ahead of Richard Hay. David Mason and Phil Keen took the second row with Chris Stockton and Lee Caroline on the third row.
A damp track made for difficult tyre choices with wets being the tyre of choice in the end. The start demonstrated just how difficult the conditions were with the 450bhp+ monsters slithering away. Mason got a good start but the Hay and Caroline both struggled to get away.
Caine took the lead followed by Mason and Phil Keen and Hay. It didn't take long for Caine to break away and leave the following pack to fight amongst themselves. The best battle was between Keen and Mason with Keen slipping past early in the race. The tussle between them continued and David Mason pulled a spectacular move out of the bag as he drove round the outside of Keen through Luffield eventually holding position and gaining the run on Keen up the home straight.
Former front runners Caroline and Stockton both struggled. Caroline raced hard with Ben Samuelson, twitching in the wet conditions as he overtook approaching Copse. Stockton meanwhile had gearbox problems and had to limp around in fifth gear, finally bringing it home in 9th place.
Michael Caine maintained his lead and despite Mason catching there weren't enough laps for Mason to mount a serious attach on the lead and it was Caine's day.
Torrential rain put pay to the second race of the day which will now take place at Snetterton in June.
Tasty in black . . . like the v8 popping up through the bonnet . . . Pistonheads and Insane Racing
Steve's team once again looked after the PHer's
and more pics here
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richardfrancis/Nathan/
>> Edited by jamesc on Monday 19th April 11:12
It absolutely hammered down after the first Tuscan race, I'm not surprised they canned the second. A jetski would have been more appropriate. I gave up at 3.30 and trudged back to the car, absolutely sodden.
Did manage to seek some shelter in the TVR hospitality awning where a very kind Ben Samuelson offered us lunch. What a nice bloke. Spotted Ted & Mrs Ted in there too, now I know what you get up to Ted when you're not stuck in front of the PC, all those free lunches - it must be tough on the waistline !
Matt
Griffmeister said:I was about, but when I looked, they had an 'invited guests' only board out.
Did anybody else go to Silverstone on Sunday ?
Did manage to seek some shelter in the TVR hospitality awning where a very kind Ben Samuelson offered us lunch.
Matt
Probably put it up when they saw me approach and took it down when they saw me leave!
very nice bloke and a GREAT driver, shame he's not bin luckier with the sponsership thing.
still holds the lap records for several tracks i believe, castle coombe being one from the 2000 season!
excellent.
still, works TVR drives at Le Mans, Sebring...guess things aren't too bad...
V8 Archie said:
Griff2be had a great battle with Peter Wheeler Still running on Donington's gearbox then No6?
I ran my spare, which had been fitted with a new selector shaft after the Donington shunt.
The Race 2 box from Donington (Darren's box) had a sheared main shaft, hence why I only had 5th for that race. I had that repaired for him.
I had my main box rebuilt and picked it up on Friday night. Chris Stockton blew his box on the start of the race at Silverstone - we re-fitted my main box and I lent Chris my spare to get him out for Race 2 - the one that was rained off. It seems I was the only person in the paddock with a working spare box - I like Chris and was happy to do him a favour - you never know when you're going to need one back!!
All clear?
it was my first time watching the tuscans
only ever seen them on telly before,
and couldnt wait for the next race but come 3.40
i was dreanched to the skin and could take it no more capt'n so me and me m8 headed back home,
looking forward to going again though
some how i managed to wipe the memory card on my digi
camera must have been the puddle in my pocket !! doh !!!
griff2be said:
Caption said:
Griff2be had a great battle with Peter Wheeler
I ran my spare, which had been fitted with a new selector shaft after the Donington shunt.
The Race 2 box from Donington (Darren's box) had a sheared main shaft, hence why I only had 5th for that race. I had that repaired for him.
I had my main box rebuilt and picked it up on Friday night. Chris Stockton blew his box on the start of the race at Silverstone - we re-fitted my main box and I lent Chris my spare to get him out for Race 2 - the one that was rained off. It seems I was the only person in the paddock with a working spare box - I like Chris and was happy to do him a favour - you never know when you're going to need one back!!
All clear?
Wondered who was piloting car No 6, I was standing next to your loyal supporters wearing 'Andy Holden Team No 6' fleeces during the race, think we all enjoyed your battle with Mr Wheeler!
Chris
full_chat said:
Wondered who was piloting car No 6, I was standing next to your loyal supporters wearing 'Andy Holden Team No 6' fleeces during the race, think we all enjoyed your battle with Mr Wheeler!
Chris
You'll have been with my main sponsors, IMR, who had the fleeces/coats made up. I enjoyed the battle too!
29/04/04 6.30pm SSExtra
29/04/04 9.00pm SSExtra
30/04/04 01.00am SS2
30/04/04 11.00am SS3
Might change as we only had the one race which lasted just 15 minutes. For a 30 minute programme.
On the other hand they could do in depth coverage of that race and cover more than the front few....
Philip Keen 1st 69
Richard Hay 2nd 68
Lee caroline 3rd 67
David Mason 3rd 67
Darren Dowling 5th 59
Chris Stockton 6th 56
Tim Hood 6th 56
Ben Samuelson 8th 54
Pete Osbourne 9th 42
Rob Talbot 10th 40
Gerard Coakley 11th 32
Charlie Kemp 12th 28
Andy Holden 12th 28
Bob Ross 14th 27
Peter Wheeler 15th 25
Nathan Freke 16th 18
Richard Stanton17th 15
Just shows how costly a DNF is in the Tuscans. My DNF at Donington probably cost me 16 or 17 points
>> Edited by griff2be on Tuesday 20th April 16:18
griff2be said:
Programme 2 - Silverstone
29/04/04 6.30pm SSExtra
29/04/04 9.00pm SSExtra
30/04/04 01.00am SS2
30/04/04 11.00am SS3
Might change as we only had the one race which lasted just 15 minutes. For a 30 minute programme.
On the other hand they could do in depth coverage of that race and cover more than the front few....
Thanks for that, can't wait for Brands Hatch when I can actually get to see it live
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